INDIA SUMMARIZED

The other day, the media reported two incidents from Delhi. In one, a foreign woman slapped a policeman after he refused to allow her to enter an auditorium where a book release function was being held. In the other, two traffic policemen were beaten up in Delhi by a group of people for stopping an underage person from driving a car . A traffic policeman lying on the road, with the group beating him and trying to trample over his supine body, presented a very sad and pitiable sight. People Vs Uniformed Cops? The number of incidents, in which police personnel are humiliated, abused and even beaten in public has been rising day by day. Politicians of course do it with brazenness and impunity. The Delhi Chief Minister does not hesitate in calling the policeman a “thulla.” The Samajwadi party ’s supremo warns a senior police officer to mend his ways. “ Sudhar jao ” is a very mild form of threat. A minister in Akhilesh Yadav ’s government had threatened to strip “ any SHO of ...